Blake Decision Senate Bill 5536: Lawmakers voted to amend current drug possession laws by increasing the penalty for possession of controlled substances to a gross misdemeanor. The bill also expands access to substance use disorder treatment, which if completed, can lead to a vacation of a conviction for possession. Those who refuse treatment can be sanctioned with jail time. Senate Democrats said the bill “permanently addresses” the 2021 Washington Supreme Court Blake Decision that removed any criminal penalties for possession. Lawmakers voted that same year to penalize possession charges with a misdemeanor, but that law will expire July 1, 2023. Introduced by Sen. June Robinson, D-Everett, the proposed legislation passed with just 7 votes, for a total of 28-21. Emotional debate on the bill continued late into Friday with 15 Democrats voting against the measure, and several Republicans voting in support of the bill.Read more at: https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/state/washington/article272715805.html#storylink=cpy
“You know about senate bill 5536?”
That’s the bill I was referring to in my description of legal carry. But when I thought through it, the only people that can get the controlled substances like morphine or fentanyl can not have it delivered according to the temporary bill that expires middle 2023 except by legal medical sources. You can have it, but you can’t get it on the street.
So with that in mind, is it legal to carry controlled substances for personal use if a doc says you need it? I would think so. I would be one of the GOP members that would agree with this bill. It defines illegal transportation and the possibility of street sales but not medically determined use substances.
The original discussion I thought was determining more the illegal transportation and not legal possession. Anyone with a prescription can have their own drug for their own use. But if I read the info correct, it appears that with this temporary law they have erased any control of controlled substances that they will have to re-determine with another law put on the books NLT the middle of this year. I.E., more of Pandora’s box.
And a side note...how is this going to effect the locations the government has set up for addicts to used to shoot already on the street, called safe injection sites, since 2017? The lid to Pandora’s box is creaking. Open invitation for illegal use as it had to get there somehow. Oops! By the middle of this year, they’ll have booths for sale when this law expires and it goes open season. Welcome to Alice’s wonderland.
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